Thailand, Asia

Highlights of This Year

Lake Baikal

May, Lake Baikal

The most inspiring adventure and photo story of this year is “Ice Love: Lake Baikal” – A Thai Girl Winter Adventure in Siberia.

“Traveling in Siberia is the most adventure fully trip for all the travel lovers. The weather condition of this place is Extreme. The temperature is always down below zero degrees. Enjoy the sunset sitting on the ice and freezing wind. I just fall in love with this trip, and all the pictures you have taken on your trip make me excited. I am also a traveler and I am going to many places all over the world. This trip is a great inspiration for all. Thanks for sharing this one.” – Laura Williamson, Water Kayaks.

Hikawa Maru

“I have just read your post, with great pleasure and interest! In 1953, my family and I boarded the Hikawa Maru in Seattle for the voyage to Yokohama as one of a group of other families, each of which had a Fulbright Scholar in attendance. In our case, it was my dad. My mother chronicled the experience, day by day in her diary, and again in letters sent to my grandparents in the states. My father did the same via camera.

In 2014 I returned to Japan and visited the ship in what was an emotional but fantastic experience. To my delight, my father’s Kodachrome slides of the ship’s interior could have been taken in 2014, so little had changed.

Thank you for your excellent post detailing the ship and its history. I’ve enjoyed it immensely.”

Ann Kennedy – “Haddock and Dill” – Images, recipes, observations and keepsakes from a life well-lived.

Exciting News from Xue

Stay tuned for more adventures from Xue, a wild and free spirit who follows her dreams and loves bakery.

What’s Next

It was a time when I used a film camera, a lovely Leica C3 – mostly for trips to Japan, Hong Kong and China. One of my projects is to digitize the old film world and present the images and the stories on this blog.

Older posts are being revamped with new photos. New stories to come.

The blog design is getting some minor updates. The Comments area has been disabled, but don’t be worried, your voice can be heard on social media or by using the blog contact form.

“And if travel is like love, it is, in the end, mostly because it’s a heightened state of awareness, in which we are mindful, receptive, undimmed by familiarity and ready to be transformed. That is why the best trips, like the best love affairs, never really end.” – Pico Iyer